If you ask former sportswriter Steve Marantz when was boxing’s Golden Age, he’s quick with a response. His answer just so happens to coincide with the...
Paul Spadafora finished his career with a record of 49-1-1 that included an 8-0-1 mark in world lightweight title fights. It’s a record that smacks of...
It’s official. Saul “Canelo” Alvarez will bypass a rematch with Dmitry Bivol in favor of a third meeting with Gennadiy “Triple-G” Golovkin. They will renew acquaintances...
When Hall of Fame boxing writer Bernard Fernandez set about compiling his anthology (Championship Rounds, published in 2020) he had some hard decisions to make. During...
It has been said that it’s difficult, almost impossible even, to refute something you see with your own eyes. But the validity of the eye test...
Whoever coined the phrase that “you can’t please ’em all” might have been referring to someone like Doug Blackburn, one of the rare dissenters in assessing...
When the discussion turns to one punch KO artists, Ernie Shavers comes immediately to mind—and then, upon some reflection, so does Mike Tyson, Sam Langford, Joe...
British Boxing Writer Tris Dixon Has Authored a Long-Overdue Book “Terrific beatings taken on the head reduced some of the old boxers to a state of...
Devin Haney defends his WBC world lightweight title on Saturday against Jorge Linares. The 10-round middleweight co-feature pits Shane Mosley Jr (17-3, 10 KOs) against Jason...
BOOK REVIEW by Thomas Hauser — Sugar Ray Leonard and Marvin Hagler were two of the greatest fighters of all time. On April 6, 1987, they...